Improved wagon-seat attachment



` W. BEERS.

WagonSeat Lock.

Patented IVlay 17, 1870.

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stent .imita WILLIAM BEERS,

OFMILAN, oIIIo. A

Letters Patent N0.1o3,129, dated May 17, 1ero.A

w muevan WAGON-SEAT ATTACHMENT.

v The Schedule' referred .to in these Letters Patent an'd making part of the game y Beit `known ,that-I, WILLIAM Banks, of- Milan,

in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented a newY and improved `Wagon-seat Attachment, of

` Vwhich the following is a specification.l i

` Drawings.

Figure 1 is a side viewof` the attachment.

'l Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the different views. ,i

` Naturemul Object of Invention.

l Theohject of this invention is to provide aneasy l sai'e, and simple attachment of a wagon-seat to the box or body thereof, sothat it cannot become detached therefrom while being` in ordinary use, the same being done by means of hook, one at each end of the.`seat-standard,`as hereinafter more fully set forth.

` i General Description.

` In fig.,1, Airepresents the side of a wagon-box or body, on the edge of which/the `:standard "B for snpportingthe seat is secured, thus: l

The foot of eachystandard is provided with a hook, O D, fig. 2. It willlbe observed that, the hook yC is somewhat larger than the hook D, and that the two hooksrstand in opposite directions to each other, the lpurpose of which willpresently be shown.

Inrthe edge ot' the box, and at such distance apart that the hooks referred to are from each other, is cnt i a mortise, indicated `by the dotted lines a, fig. 1, for

the admission of said hooks.

y The edge ofthe "box is then'faced with a stnp of iron, E, having slots or mortises therein, correspondl ling with those` out in the box, and with which they are in open relation.

i The practical operation of this attachment is as i'oli D are elevated for the admission ofthe point ot' the hook; now, on droppingthe bac-k of the seat, the hook D, which is much shorter, can be sprung into its mortise by applying alittle force thereto, which will canse the standards to spring sufficiently to allow the short point of the hook D to enter its slot, and, when thusv in, the standards will spring back, thereby forcing the.

throats ofthe hooks under the ends of the slots in the facing.

By this means the seat is easily andsecurely attached to the box, and, as the front hooks are those on which the attachment chiefly depends, and the seat prevented from tipping backward, they are therefore made longer, so as to reach further under the end of the slot.

f I am aware that hooks have been used for the pur pose of securing seats to wagon-bodies, but this I do not claim; but that which distinguishes my invention from others is the employment ot' two hooks, one on each foot of the standard, and sok arranged in relation to each other `that they are in opposite directions, whereas in the ordinary way of attaching the seat, Vis by the use of one hook only, and ,that on the front feetof the standards, the back feet being provided with a straight pin or key'to prevent them from displacement, which, when theseat is empty and the wagon is running over rough roads, is liable to jolt out and thereby allow'the seat to fall o". This, however, cannot happen with my two hooks, as they both serve to hold the seat, and, being sprung into place, they cannot become detached unless some little force is exerted upon the seat in order to withdraw the short baek-hook D, which must rst be removed in order to withdraw the front` ones.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-I The standards B B, when constructed with hooks C D, and arranged in relation to ach other so that their points shall be in opposite directions,constructed substantially as described, and for the purpose specified, as a new article ofmanufacture.

Witnesses: WILLIAM BEERS. J. H. BURRIDGE, DE WITT C. ARMSTRONG. 

